Officials with the MTSU Campus Pharmacy collected nearly 68 pounds of unwanted drugs dropped off by the public and campus community Thursday (Oct. 22) near the pharmacy’s drive-thru on the east side of campus. More than 44 pounds of prescription medications, 19.4 pounds of over-the-counter drugs and 4.3 pounds of controlled substances were taken in…
Residents may turn in their expired and unwanted prescriptions during the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Sheriff’s Office. Deputies will collect the medications in front of the lobby at the Sheriff’s Office at 940 New Salem Highway in Murfreesboro, said Sgt. Robert Dowell, who…
A man, with drugs, in a stolen vehicle plows through a red light causing a multi-vehicle crash after police attempted to make a traffic stop for reckless driving on Tuesday, Oct. 20. An unknown male passenger is still on the run. 18-year-old Steven Birdwell is facing drug violations, theft, reckless driving, evading arrest, leaving the…
About $20,000 cash and a one pound of marijuana were confiscated from a speeding driver Wednesday on Interstate 24, a Rutherford county Sheriff’s deputy reported. Suspect Devonta Eli Noel, 22, of Marietta, Ga., was charged with felony possession of marijuana and possession of a weapon while coming a dangerous felony by Deputy William Travis. Noel…
About $80,000 worth of illegal heroin was seized from a La Vergne couple by Rutherford County Sheriff’s narcotics detectives last month in La Vergne, a supervisor said. Detectives located 1.5 pounds of heroin, 50 Oxycodone pills and marijuana at the home of Kalum Shamar Alexander, 31, and Alyncia Latoya Sales, 30, both of Ace Wintermeyer…
Officials with the MTSU Campus Pharmacy, assisted by students from the Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy and University of Tennessee-Memphis Health Science Center, collected more than 81 pounds of unwanted drugs dropped off by the public Thursday (Oct. 25) near the pharmacy’s drive-thru on the east side of campus. More than 39 pounds of prescription…
Do you have any pharmaceutical pills that you don’t need anymore? This Saturday the La Vergne Police Department is hosting a Drug Take Back Day to help citizens safely dispose of their old medications. La Vergne Officers will be outside the police department located at 5093 Murfreesboro Road on Saturday, October 26th from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m….
On 5-9-17 officers responded to a drug overdose of a 16 year old at 136 Frontier Drive, Smyrna, TN. The 16 year old was found to be unresponsive and was transported to the ER. The 16 year old never recovered and passed away a few days later. Through an investigation it was revealed that three…
Officials with the MTSU Campus Pharmacy, assisted by a student and administrator from the Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy, collected more than 51 pounds of unwanted drugs dropped off by the public Tuesday (April 23) near the pharmacy’s drive-thru on the east side of campus. More than 20 pounds of over-the-counter medications, 27 pounds of…
The MTSU campus community and general public are welcome to participate in the next MTSU Drug Take-Back Day from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, near the Campus Pharmacy drive-thru. Expired, unused, and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medicines will be accepted, said Lisa Schrader, director of Health Promotion, who added, that if possible,…